Improvement in canisters for tea and coffee



A'. 8. DAY.

Ifnprovement in Canisters for Tea and Coffee.

No} 131,255. Pate nted se -10,1812. FIG-.1:

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ALFRED B. DAY, or lvIANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS FDR TEA AND COFFEE.

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. DAY, of Mansfield, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improved Canister for Gofiee, Teas, 850.; and that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying plate'of drawlng.

This invention relates to a novel constructi0n--to be hereinafterdescribed-of a canister for coffee, tea, &c., whereby definitequancities of the material contained in it can be removed withoutexposing the remaining contents to theair, preventing thereby theirdeterioration and preserving them intact.

In the accompanying plate of drawing my improved canister for cofiee,teas, &c., is illustrated. Figure 1 is aplan view of the 1pper end tothe canister with the closing-cap removed; Fig. 2, a transverse verticalsection in plane of line am, Fig. 1.

A in the drawing represents a canister, made, in the present instance,of a cylindrical shape, closed upon all sides, but at its upper end orhead B provided with a semicircular-shaped opening 0 to allow thecanister to be filled and emptied, the center of this opening 0 being atthe center of the head B. 0oncentric with the opening 0, and upon theupper head B is arranged avertical tubular nozzle D. This nozzle D has aconcentric flange, a, at its lower end, projecting outwardly at a Iright angle, and by and through this flange,

with the concentric ring cfastenedto the canister-head B, the nozzle isconfined in place,

the cap, and a pin, m, of the nozzle side 0, connection is made betweenthe cap and nozzle, so that the turning of the cap will turn the nozzle,and yet at the same time the cap can be detached or removed at pleasure.

With a construction and arrangement of parts about the discharge-orificeO of the canister, substantially as herein described, it is plainlyobvious that with the orifice 0 open--- that is, not closed by the endplate E to nozzle Dif the canister be upset the cap will be filled withcoffee, &c., contained in the canister, when, by turning the cap in theproper direction, the orifice 0 will be closed, separating the contentsof the cap from those of the canister, which then, by simply detachingthe cap, can be readily discharged or emptied.

The advantages of my improved canister are many, among which may bementioned, that it is simple; that it is not liable to become clogged;that it enables cofiee, &c., to be discharged in a given or definitequantity without necessarily exposing the remaining contents of thecanister to the air, and thus to danger of deterioration and that thecontents of the canister are not liable to be spilled.

It may be well to here,observe that, for the purpose of indicating whenthe orifice 0 is' open or closed, marks may be arranged upon the outsideof the canister at the points at which a mark on the cap must be broughtto secure an opening or closing of the canisteropening 0." V

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-- but at the same time'l ice to be trrnerrr Thecombination, of the tubular nozzle D Tmefid e a plate, E, through whichis an opening, F, corresponding to the opening 0 in the canister-head,and at its center, by a rivet, f, the nozzle D is still further confinedin place on the canisterhead, and adapted to be turned on said pivot asa center. H, a cap, adapted to fit over the upper and open end of thenozzleD, and totightly close the same. Between this cap H and thenozzleD, by a vertical Slot, g, of the cap that is open at the loweredge h of having opening F, and the cap H connected with nozzle D byslot 9 and pin m, with a canister for coffee, &c., with the nozzle Dattached to the canister about its opening 0, and the whole. arrangedsubstantially as described, for the purpose specified.

ALFRED B. DAY.

Witnesses: I

' E. M. REED, E. P. PAINE.

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